Hurricane Melissa thrashed Cuba, unleashing landslides and flooding in the nation’s second-largest city, as the storm tracked northeast toward the Bahamas.

Melissa hit the island around 3:10 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday near Santiago de Cuba, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. That came less than a day after it became the strongest recorded storm to strike Jamaica, where it left hundreds of thousands without power and forced hospitals to evacuate.

The storm weakened after hitting rugged terrain in Cuba, becoming an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, with sustained winds of 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour. Melissa hit Jamaica as a Category 5, with wind speeds of 185 miles per hour. It’s likely to continue to loose strength on Wednes

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